Cutting Edge Concerts
New Music Festival 2021
Victoria Bond, Artistic Director
DON'T MISS
Our most innovative festival ever!
Trombonist Joseph Alessi and his colleagues from the New York Philharmonic and Metropolitan Opera trombone sections play brand new works
Composer Philip Glass headlines a concert that includes a world premiere by Victoria Bond played by pianist Paul Barnes

Two exciting concerts, LIVE-STREAMED from Symphony Space on April 12 & 19
Cutting Edge Concerts is pleased to announce its 23rd season with two LIVE-STREAMED EVENTS, April 12 and April 19 at 7:30 PM from the Thalia Theater at Symphony Space in New York. Another new feature this year: FREE access to the concerts via YouTube, available to audiences worldwide.
Principal trombonist of the New York Philharmonic, Joseph Alessi and his colleagues John Romero, George Curran and Colin Williams perform music by Jorge Machain, Harrison J. Collins, Kenneth Fuchs and Anthony Barfield on April 12. Beaming in from Kansas City, JoDee Davis performs the New York premiere of Victoria Bond's The Voices of Air in The Art of the 21st Century Trombone.

World-renowned composer Philip Glass headlines a concert of premieres on April 19 with the first performance in New York of Annunciation played by pianist Paul Barnes. Native-American flutist and composer Ron Warren's Distances Between 2 (for solo piano), David von Kampen's Trisagion and Victoria Bond's Enite ton Kyrion round out the premieres.
Cutting Edge Concerts 2021
Programs

Jorge Machain: Adelante  
Joseph Alessi, Principal Trombone, NY Philharmonic; Martha Locker, pianist

Harrison J. Collins: The Beginning of Spring 
John Romero, Principal Trombone, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Hanako Yamagata Greenberg, pianist

Kenneth Fuchs: Bass Trombone Concerto
George Curran, Bass trombone, NY Philharmonic; Hanako Yamagata Greenberg, pianist

Anthony Barfield: Red Sky 
Colin Williams, Associate Principal Trombone, NY Philharmonic; Hanako Yamagata Greenberg, pianist 

Victoria Bond: The Voices of Air  
JoDee Davis, Professor of Trombone, Univ. of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory; Dan Velicer, pianist



Ron Warren: Distances Between 2 (NY premiere)
Paul Barnes, piano
         
Philip Glass: Piano Quintet Annunciation (NY premiere) Part One, Part Two
arranged for solo piano by Paul Barnes 
             
David von Kampen: Trisagion (NY premiere)
Paul Barnes, piano

Victoria Bond: Three Illuminations on Byzantine Chant (world premiere)
Paul Barnes, piano
Give Cutting Edge Concerts a Helping Hand
Praised as "a gift to New Yorkers thirsty for new sounds" by Time Out New York, Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival has presented over 300 works by 200 composers since composer Victoria Bond founded it in 1998.
In this unprecedented season, Cutting Edge Concerts needs your help to keep presenting living composers and world premieres. This year, the organization forgoes ticket revenue, and endures additional costs for live-streaming and related expenses.

Please make as generous a donation as you can to keep Cutting Edge Concerts going strong. Visit Cutting Edge Concerts website to make a secure donation.

Thank you!
Victoria Bond, Artistic Director